West Africa's women of God
Subtitle: Alinesitoué and the Diola prophetic tradition
By: Robert M. Baum
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Bloomington; Indianapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780253017673; 9780253017888; 9780253017918
Subjects: Religion; Prophecy; Women prophets; Diola (African people)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prophets, gender, and religious change among the Diola of Senegambia --; title: The Diola: an ethnographic introduction --; title: Koonjaen, Felupe, and Diola prophets in precolonial Senegambia --; title: Women prophets, colonization, and the creation of community shrines of Emitai, 1890-1913 --; title: Prophetism at the peak of colonial rule, 1914-1939 --; title: Alinesitoué Diatta and the crisis of the war years, 1939-1944 --; title: The prophetic teachings of Alinesitoué, her successors, and a contested Diola prophetic tradition.